How I process my MACRO photos. From SD card to final image. [stacking, editing, denoising]

This is MY whole process of doing things, how I stack, edit, denoise my macro photography photos, after more than 2 years doing it.
Using Helicons Focus, Luminar Neo, and Topaz denoise AI.
I am not going very deep with each software, this is only a quick over view.
We see in what format I save my images and how I use those software.
This video is probably more oriented toward beginners who needs to get an idea about the whole process that comes after taking a photo.
00:10 Organize a few folders
02:15 Stack selection in Luminar neo
05:48 how I focus stack in Helicon
10:54 Editting in Luminar Neo
18:07 Denoising in Topaz AI

[@SteveSSBB]

I've never watched someone do an edit in Luminar Neo before. Very interesting and very tastefully done.

[@Chrispitchwildlife]

Cool! Thank you so much for the comment Steve! 😀

[@GoldLithium]

very nice potter wasp. good manager of caterpillars.

[@Chrispitchwildlife]

Thank you for your comment Gold! 😀

[@JonnyPink65]

Fantastic - that is a lot of work but that is why your photos look so amazing!! 🤗💖

[@Chrispitchwildlife]

Thank you so much Jonny! 😀

[@JonnyPink65]

@@Chrispitchwildlife 💖

[@KP_Macro]

Hey Chris, great work. My workflow is a little different because I'm primarily using Lightroom and Zerene, but I found I get cleaner stacks if I run denoise on the raw files first and then stack. The retouching looks to be much easier in Helicon than in Zerene, so I think I'll try it out. Thanks!

[@Chrispitchwildlife]

Hello KP, thank you very much! 😀
I never tried to Denoise before stacking. I admit.
And I never tried Zerene.
Lightroom seems to be the ultimate best editing software, but my Luminar is so much cheaper!
I may switch one day, if UA-cam gives me money. (I mean have them both, because Luminar was a 1 time payment) 😄
Thank's again for watching and commenting. It helps!
Cheers! 🙂

[@leonfisher]

Nice tutorial. You know your way around those two programs for sure. Have you ever tried the Luminar photo stacker?
(Looks like the Helicon works better.)

[@Chrispitchwildlife]

Hey Leon! Thank's for your comment! 😀
I bought the Luminar stacking thing long time ago when it was in promo $23 USD I think... I tried it 3 or 4 times and I gave up. 😆

[@leonfisher]

@@Chrispitchwildlife The newer version seems to work better, but it doesn't do nearly as well as Helicon and doesn't have the touchup abilities.
(for the stuff I do, On1 works well.)

[@Chrispitchwildlife]

Yes, Luminar is constantly improving a bit of everything. We had a big update a few weeks ago with a lot of new fun masking stuff! With the luminosity or the water for example.
But yes, best focus stacker I guess is Helicon and Zerene.

[@Francisramil]

nice software helicon focus. where can I download this. salamt

[@Chrispitchwildlife]

Thank you for your comment Francis! 😀
Here:
www.heliconsoft.com/software-downloads/